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Douglas AD-4 Skyraider "Uncle Ho's Nightmare"
BuNo: 126882
Registration: N91945
Fina/CAF Airsho 2007 (Midland, Texas)

This aircraft is part of the Vietnam War Flight.

Photo by KensAviation.com

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F/Depth Photography says:

Great angle and prop blur!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Thanks!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

motostefano la prossima vita faccio l'elettricista says:

Stupendamente eccezionale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

rreis says:

fantástico!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

thegreatlandoni says:

I got tired of just saying "Great shot" etc. all the time so I came up with this system. Strictly my personal opinion. Zero to five points:
1. Interesting subject: 5
2. Composition: 5
3. Lighting: 5
4. Focus: 5
5. Shutter speed: 5
6. Depth of field: 5
7. Color rendering: 5
8. Matte and/or frame: n/a
8. What I especially like: Exciting perspective, nice prop blur
9. Marked as a favorite: Y
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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Wow! Thanks for your comments and faves!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

flanno2610 says:

Mean machine!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Alvaro's Pix says:

What an amazing catch Ken, this is truly a great shoot.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

morroncito says:

excelent shot
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

black_z says:

Nice shot! :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Vaeltaja says:

Amazing capture.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

@marco says:

wow!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Franks Photos says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called TOUR OF DUTY, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

God Bless those old Spads!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

1-2-3-calum says:

Brilliant. Action packed!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mijoli says:

Brilliant capture

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Seen in the group"Favorites: 20" (?)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Wow! 20 faves in one week! Thank you everybody!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

photoholic1 says:

Nice capture, Ken, hope you didn't get hurt.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Thanks, Lenny. No worries!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Franks Photos says:

Keep coming back to this shot, it is SO great! Only a Viet Nam Marine could know how to truly appreciate the old Spads! Pin-point fire support and could hang around for hours and hours.......
God Bless those old Spad drivers.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Bas Stubert says:

Stunning Ken, thanks for sharing!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Thanks, Bas. I live for this!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

nelnov says:

nice nose shot like it!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Photos by Chris Henry says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called IRON WORKS PHOTOGRAPHY, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

joe_stremph says:

Ken, this shot is mindblowingly awesome.

Love the Spad, and this is an incredible shot.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Thank you, sir! I missed a lotta shots cause of the slow shutter speed, but when I got one, well....

How was Luke? Looks like you got some awesome shots!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

joe_stremph says:

Luke was great! The weather on arrival day sucked until late afternoon, but it was still cool watching a lot of the static stuff come in. Saturday was excellent, with a few disappointments - the V-22 demo was canceled (Robert drove all the way out from El Paso, pretty much just for that), the F-22 dropped out of the heritage flight with some mechanical problem, and the C-17 demo was canceled due to a problem as well. Other than that it was great - we got on base early and got static shots we otherwise wouldn't have gotten, and the A-10 and F-22 demos were both mindblowing.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

I love gettin' statics (those are the shots I get in focus) :oP
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

fotoarte75 says:

Exelent shot, One Sandy
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

XPinger says:

What a shot - congratulations. As a mild matter of interest, why were they nicknamed 'spads'?
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

As the only prop plane among all the jets, the jet pilots gave it the derogatory nickname of SPAD (after the French WWI aircraft). The A-1 pilots picked it up as a matter of pride.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

XPinger says:

Thanks - I've often wondered. It's obviously like us RW types being referred to as 'chopper pukes' by the FW Mafia in RN carriers - until they banged out 50 miles out and needed rescuing!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

_CSW_ says:

Great angle and capture, really striking :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

XP...I hear ya. (sorry for the slow response)

CSW...thanks!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

joe_stremph says:

XP, "Spad" was also the callsign of the 6th Special Operations Squadron when they flew A-1s out of NKP Thailand. I have quite a few cockpit recordings made by FACs of airstrikes being put in by "Spad" aircrews.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

XPinger says:

Thanks for the supplementary info Joe.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

RAFman07 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cold War Air Power, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Ken's Aviation says:

Thanks for the invitation, Tom. Its added!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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